- Date
- February 22, 1969
- Place
- Groton, CT · GROTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5555MAero Comdr 100A
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190827
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0445 69/2/22 GROTON,CONN AERO COMDR 100A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 308 TIME - 1530 N5555M PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUMBULL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- L GR PISTON BUSHNG RETAINING PIN FAILD,SLIDE TUBE SEPARATED FROM STRUT,GR DANGLED.LANDED ON L GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5555M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trumbull
N5555MRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Aero Commander 100AAirframe modelAero Commander 100AEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.